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Victoria Manganiello tells us about a social change project that invites artists to apply their creativity to making recipes for a better world. 

You Stir the Pot: Recipes for change

Victoria Manganiello tells us about a social change project that invites artists to apply their creativity to making recipes for a better world. 

By Victoria Manganiello

Serendouce Crafts commissioned Nishijin brocade maker Kohei Murata to apply the lustrous kimono textile technique to a set of chopsticks.

A kimono for food: Hikibaku chopsticks for honoured guests

Serendouce Crafts commissioned Nishijin brocade maker Kohei Murata to apply the lustrous kimono textile technique to a set of chopsticks.

By Serendouce Crafts


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Why we need to forge our own academies - Universities have benefitted the crafts significantly, but we can't rely just on them to define our field.
Otobong Nkanga ✿ Soap stacks of the wider world - Jessica Hemmings reviews Otobongo Nkanga's exhibition of soap with the help of a novel by Teju Cole.
Sewing seeds: Stories of embroidery - Explore the craft that threads stories into the cloths that adorn our world.
Steal This ✿ Melissa Cameron confesses to her role in a lawless jewellery gang - Melissa Cameron tells the story behind Melbourne's radical street jewellery scene of the 2000s.
Fiona Gavino ✿ Weave a deep breath - Fiona Gavino is our April laurel for a work that monumentalises basket-making as an expression of meditation.
The shed: Stories of wood - Explore stories about the transformation of trees into objects of tactile beauty.

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Current exhibitions

Women of Gaza
Palestinian Museum (Ramallah)
15 February - 30 April 2024
Ngā tirohanga whānui a Parehuia - Neke Moa
Objectspace (Auckland)
16 March - 19 May 2024
Ottchil: Light from Nature
Korean Cultural Centre Australia (Sydney)
22 March - 21 June 2024
Canopy
Opus30 (Castlemaine)
30 March - 27 April 2024
Tailored With Love: Children’s Kimono Throughout Generations
Japan Foundation (Sydney)
5 April - 8 June 2024
Handshake Project 2024
Stanley Street Gallery (Sydney)
10 April - 4 May 2024
Collapsed Ecologies
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
18 April - 7 June 2024
Tabled: tableware designed and made by potters in collaboration with a chef, cook, or artisan food producer
Manly Art Gallery (Sydney)
19 April - 9 June 2024

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